Gerald Ford actually said...

we should raise our sights to the broadening horizon available to us through our national investment in science and technology.

Statement on Receiving a Crystal Grown Aboard the Skylab Space Station

11/03/1974

More Gerald Ford Quotes

Over a year after the last American combatant had left Vietnam, the status of thousands of our countrymen...remains unresolved.

I was more anxious to heal the Nation--that was the top priority.

Reconciliation among our people does not require that these acts be condoned.

I must say that the decision has created more antagonism than I anticipated.